y'all, I need new headphones (Read 2367 times)

Yep. Right now I'm jamming to the Sennheiser MX75's or some such, and I know around here they're pretty much regarded as the second coming but I kind of hate them. On the upside, I've had them for 2 years and they're not broken yet, but on the downside, one side usually fills up with sweat within 3 miles, so I have to stop and dry everything out, and if I'm sweating a lot (like, if it's August in Southern California or something) I sweat them right out and have to spend the run adjusting. I've tried all the different sizes of doodads and everything, I think they're just not the headphones for me.

They don't wrap around the ears, but I've been using the Scosche IDR305s for a while now. I won't say they're sweat proof, because I have had to junk a couple. But, I've found them pretty sweat resistent as compared to similarly priced brands. And, I sweat quite a bit myself. My local Apple store stopped carrying them, though, so I bought the Sennheiser and Yurbuds to try out.

Edited to fix the link. I had linked to one with a "remote control" and I'm pretty sure that's not the one I have. It's probably one of the other two models.

+1 on the Yurbuds (basic earbud covers). And they're made in America so that's an added bonus!

I don't half-ass anything

"I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death' and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up." - Celia Rivenbark, You Can't Drink All Day if You Don't Start in the Morning

I had the same problem, never took very long to sweat them out. I don't know the brand, just have the over the ear earbuds that Walmart was selling for about $8. I assume that they don't sound as good as Sennheiser, but sound quality on my runs is not very important to me.

Bose makes a great pair of in ear headphones albeit pricey. They have a design that never slip, or get wet, and. Have used them for as much as 3 hours at a time.
The issue is that they are about $120
I can't remember the model because last week I was stupid enough to leave mine on the plane. But I will reorder

After hearing all about Yurbuds on RunningAhead over and over again, I had to finally give in and try a pair. Today was my first day of wearing them and I was really impressed. They didn't move at all. They were comfortable, secure, and the sound was much better than I expected. I also liked that I could still hear some outside noise (cars, etc.) but didn't feel at all like that was compromising the quality of the sound. Good stuff.

MTA: I'm going to somewhat correct my thing on above. I still like my old wrap arounds (but not with the earbuds) better because I only have a wire hanging off one side of my head. I don't like wires from both sides.

I like to row, row, row my fake boat (Concept2 Model D)

Julia1971

posted: 9/7/2011 at 7:52 PM

I gave up on the Sennheiser after the first wear. They kept falling out. The Yurbuds fit better, but the left ear falls out after a good sweat. So, I think I'll do the quarter thing and get them customized. I feel like the sound is muffled a bit, though, but for running I don't need good sound quality.

I've gone through two pair of the Sennheisers now... and I think I will try something else now that pair #2 is starting to short out. They've been ok, but they are supremely spendy. I guess I'll find out if I get what I pay for.